...I know that the following is 'silly' but anyway, having decided that associating 'little green men' with leprechauns....Ireland....peat-bogs....which had then led me to think that perhaps the spelling error...had been a qualifying adjective...i.e. 'peaty' rather than 'meaty' green...to then think...well, peat isn't normally 'green' at all...is it?

wait a minute....there is a 'peat green' colour: